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NOTICE: This publication is available digitally on the AFDPO WWW site at:
http://www.e-publishing.af.mil.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND
AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND
MANUAL 91-710, VOLUME 2
1 JULY 2004
Safety
RANGE SAFETY USER REQUIREMENTS
MANUAL VOLUME 2 - FLIGHT SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS
OPR: AFSPC/SEC (Lt Col John Humphries) Certified by: AFSPC/SE (Col Billy Colwell)
Pages: 61
Distribution: F
This manual implements Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 3100.10, Space Policy, DoDD
3200.11, Major Range and Test Facility Base, DoDD 3230.3, DoD Support for Commercial Space
Launch Activities, AFPD 91-1, Nuclear Weapons and Systems Surety, AFPD 91-2, Safety Programs,
AFPD 63-12, Assurance of Operational Safety, Suitability, and Effectiveness, AFI 91-202, The US Air
Force Mishap Prevention Program (AFSPC Sup.1) and the Memorandum of Agreement between the
Department of the Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration on Safety for Space Transporta-tion
and Range Activities.This volume incorporates information previously found in Eastern and Western
Range 127-1, Chapter 2, Flight Analysis. It establishes the requirements for flight safety for vehicles
launched and operations conducted from the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) ranges, including the
Eastern Range (ER) and Western Range (WR). The volume includes requirements for the following pro-grams:
ballistic missiles and space vehicles; cruise missiles and remotely piloted vehicles; small unguided
rockets or probe vehicles; aerostats or balloons systems; projectiles, torpedoes, and non-propulsive
air-dropped bodies; air-launched vehicles; intended support plans for aircraft and ships; directed energy
systems; and the launch of large nuclear systems into space. Flight Safety Requirements approval is a
necessary prerequisite for conducting operations covered by this volume. By itself, Flight Safety Require-ments
approval does not constitute permission to conduct an operation. Unless specifically noted in this
volume, the term Range Safety refers to the Operations Support and Flight Safety Requirements groups
at the ER and WR.
This volume applies to all Range Users conducting or supporting operations on the AFSPC ranges. Range
Users include any individual or organization that conducts or supports any activity on resources (land,
sea, or air) owned or controlled by AFSPC ranges. This includes such organizations as the Department of
Defense (DoD), United States (US) government agencies, civilian launch operators, and foreign govern-ment
agencies and other foreign entities that use AFSPC range facilities and test equipment; conduct pre-launch
and launch operations, including payloads to orbital insertion or impact; and/or require on-orbit or
other related support. Commercial users intending to provide launch services from one of the ranges shall
have a license or license application in process from the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) or have a DoD sponsorship and be accepted by the DoD to use the ER or WR. For-eign
government organizations or other foreign entities shall be sponsored by an appropriate US govern-

This volume incorporates information previously found in Eastern and Western
Range 127-1, Chapter 2, Flight Analysis. It establishes the requirements for flight safety for vehicles launched and operations conducted from the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) ranges, including the Eastern Range (ER) and Western Range (WR). The volume includes requirements for the following programs: ballistic missiles and space vehicles; cruise missiles and remotely piloted vehicles; small unguided rockets or probe vehicles; aerostats or balloons systems; projectiles, torpedoes, and non-propulsive air-dropped bodies; air-launched vehicles; intended support plans for aircraft and ships; directed energy systems; and the launch of large nuclear systems into space (description taken from first page of document).

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NOTICE: This publication is available digitally on the AFDPO WWW site at:
http://www.e-publishing.af.mil.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND
AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND
MANUAL 91-710, VOLUME 2
1 JULY 2004
Safety
RANGE SAFETY USER REQUIREMENTS
MANUAL VOLUME 2 - FLIGHT SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS
OPR: AFSPC/SEC (Lt Col John Humphries) Certified by: AFSPC/SE (Col Billy Colwell)
Pages: 61
Distribution: F
This manual implements Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 3100.10, Space Policy, DoDD
3200.11, Major Range and Test Facility Base, DoDD 3230.3, DoD Support for Commercial Space
Launch Activities, AFPD 91-1, Nuclear Weapons and Systems Surety, AFPD 91-2, Safety Programs,
AFPD 63-12, Assurance of Operational Safety, Suitability, and Effectiveness, AFI 91-202, The US Air
Force Mishap Prevention Program (AFSPC Sup.1) and the Memorandum of Agreement between the
Department of the Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration on Safety for Space Transporta-tion
and Range Activities.This volume incorporates information previously found in Eastern and Western
Range 127-1, Chapter 2, Flight Analysis. It establishes the requirements for flight safety for vehicles
launched and operations conducted from the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) ranges, including the
Eastern Range (ER) and Western Range (WR). The volume includes requirements for the following pro-grams:
ballistic missiles and space vehicles; cruise missiles and remotely piloted vehicles; small unguided
rockets or probe vehicles; aerostats or balloons systems; projectiles, torpedoes, and non-propulsive
air-dropped bodies; air-launched vehicles; intended support plans for aircraft and ships; directed energy
systems; and the launch of large nuclear systems into space. Flight Safety Requirements approval is a
necessary prerequisite for conducting operations covered by this volume. By itself, Flight Safety Require-ments
approval does not constitute permission to conduct an operation. Unless specifically noted in this
volume, the term Range Safety refers to the Operations Support and Flight Safety Requirements groups
at the ER and WR.
This volume applies to all Range Users conducting or supporting operations on the AFSPC ranges. Range
Users include any individual or organization that conducts or supports any activity on resources (land,
sea, or air) owned or controlled by AFSPC ranges. This includes such organizations as the Department of
Defense (DoD), United States (US) government agencies, civilian launch operators, and foreign govern-ment
agencies and other foreign entities that use AFSPC range facilities and test equipment; conduct pre-launch
and launch operations, including payloads to orbital insertion or impact; and/or require on-orbit or
other related support. Commercial users intending to provide launch services from one of the ranges shall
have a license or license application in process from the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) or have a DoD sponsorship and be accepted by the DoD to use the ER or WR. For-eign
government organizations or other foreign entities shall be sponsored by an appropriate US govern-